In re Neagle (Cunningham v. Neagle), 135 U.S. 1; 10 S. Ct. 658; 34 L. Ed. 55 (1890) Facts—David Neagle was a deputy U.S. marshal traveling with Mr. Justice Field, who was holding Circuit Court. Terry, a former California supreme…
Multiple Vacancy At Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner Maharaja Ganga Singh University, a Public university invites online applications for the post of Professor (Law), Assistant Professor (Law), and Associate Professor (Law). Name of the Post: Professor (Law), Assistant Professor (Law),…
Mississippi v. Johnson, 4 Wallace (71 U.S.) 475; 18 L. Ed. 437 (1867) Facts—This case involved a bill in equity by which the state of Mississippi sought to enjoin President Andrew Johnson and the general in command of the military…
Ex parte Merryman, 17 Fed. Cas. 9487 (1861) Facts—A military officer acting on the authority of his commanding officer arrested the petitioner, a citizen of Baltimore. He was accused of treason against the United States. The chief justice of the…
Martin v. Mott, 12 Wheaton (25 U.S.) 19; 6 L. Ed. 537 (1827) Facts—In August 1814, the governor of the state of New York, in compliance with a request from the president of the United States, ordered certain companies of…
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779; 115 S. Ct. 1842; 131 L. Ed. 2d 881 (1995) Facts—The Arkansas state constitution prohibited the names of otherwise eligible candidates from appearing on ballots for Congress if such individuals had…
Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606; 92 S. Ct. 2614; 33 L. Ed. 2d 583 (1972) Facts—As chair of the Subcommittee on Building and Grounds of the Senate Public Works Committee, Senator Mike Gravel read portions of the classified…
Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486; 89 S. Ct. 1944; 23 L. Ed. 2d 491 (1969) Facts—Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a flamboyant African American, had been elected from the Eighteenth Congressional District of New York to serve in the U.S.…
Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186; 123 S. Ct. 769; 154 L. Ed. 2d 683; 2003, U.S. LEXIS 751 (2003) Facts—In the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), sometimes known as the Sonny Bono Law (in honor of a former…
South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203; 107 S. Ct. 1793; 97 L. Ed. 2d 171 (1987) Facts—Congress adopted the National Minimum Drinking Age Amendment of 1984 withholding a portion of federal highway construction funds to states that did not…